Child&#39;s block.



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HIIIYLEEEES PATENTED SEPT. 8, 1903. G. L. PRUYN.

GHILDfS BLOCK. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26. 1902.-

InvEfiUf? ABE UNITED STATES Patented September 8, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHILDS BLOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 738,570, dated September 8, 1903. Application filed February 26, 1902. Serial No. 95.717. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known'that I, GHARLEs L. PRUYN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the city and county of Albany, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Childrens Blocks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in childrens blocks; and the object of my invention is to provide a block upon which a ribs or bars E, meeting at each end the raised portion B, and extending across the face 0 at right angles'lto the ribs or bars E are the raised ridges or bars F, also meeting at each end the said portion B. The plane surface 0 of the block and the raised ribs or bars bear portion of a pictured animal D. The picture appears in the spaces between the ribs or bars, those portions on the harsheing very small and scarcely noticeable, so that the eflect is given of an animal seen between the bars of a cage.

I show on the block a picture of a bear; but of course do not limit myself to the representation of a bear, since it is my intention of placing various animals on the blocks as a means of educating as well as entertaining children.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A childs block having a plane face with permanent rigid narrow raised ribs or bars integral with said face and portions of apictured animal upon the face of the block and bars whereby the picture ismostly seen in the spaces between the bars and the animal will appear as in a cage.

Signed at Albany, New York, this 21st day of February, 1902.

CHARLES L. PRUYN.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK W. CAMERON, LOTTIE PRIOR. 

